Paul Leone (@paulleone.bsky.social)

Cavaliers & Roundheads 'A Concise and Sinister History' A five-part series detailing the history of the office of Royal Occultist 2. Prince Rupert to John Cadmus - 1642 to 1700 With the death of Edward Holywell, the office of Royal Occultist was to remain vacant for nearly two years, until the king's nephew, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, arrived in England. It is unknown what incident marked Rupert’s elevation to the position of Royal Occultist, but he soon proved his aptitude during the Affair of the Buckinghamshire Devil in 1642. With the broken remains of the eponymous devil buried beneath an innocuous field, Rupert set about proving his worth as both a military commander and Royal Occultist in a period of mass chaos, marked by witchcraft and necromancy on an unprecedented scale as dark forces sought to take advantage of the English Civil War. http://joshuamreynolds.co.uk/2026/02/25/cavaliers-roundheads/